Actual
Actual is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Finance & Budgeting category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to YNAB and Mint and ships a Docker image. It has 29,762 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 29,762
- Forks
- 3,204
- Open issues
- 119
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,509
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v26.10.0Oct 2, 2026
- Created
- Apr 29, 2022
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,509 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors32 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,509 |
| Latest release | v26.10.0 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 63 |
| Open issues | 119 |
| Open pull requests | 84 |
| Good first issues | 13 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 29, 2022 |
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About Actual
Local-first personal finance tool based on zero-sum budgeting, supporting synchronization across devices, custom rules, manual transaction importing (from QIF, OFX, and QFX files), and optional….
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/actualbudget/actual.
Topics
- budgeting
- finance
- money
- personal-finance
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Is Actual free and open source?
Yes. Actual is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Actual with Docker?
Yes. Actual provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Actual?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Actual include HyperSwitch, Firefly III and Lago. Actual itself is a self-hosted alternative to YNAB and Mint.
Is Actual actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Actual was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,509 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v26.10.0, published Oct 2, 2026. It had 119 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.